Camels

The Schoenhut Bactrian Camels The Bactrian camel, introduced in 1908, was a fine addition to the Humpty Dumpty circus. Six distinct designs are known - the glass eyes, the painted eyes, the reduced with a low fur top and painted eyes, the reduced with a high fur top and painted eyes, and the decal eyes version of the last two.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Two-hump Bactrian, glass eyes, carved head Considerable work went into the glass eyes Bactrian camel. Its head, neck, and body were hand-tool shaped. The face was deeply recessed. The nose and mouth were grooved and painted red. The ears were made from leather and the tail twine or sometimes woven cord. Various shades of brown were used for body color. Keller Style I - Very Scarce Photo by Judith Lile	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Two-hump Bactrian, painted eyes, molded head Apparently Schoenhut made a wholesale move from its carved head, glass eyes version to its painted eye, molded head version. There is no painted eyes, carved head version as one might think - at least none has been found. Keller Style II - Uncommon Photo by Judith Lile
Photo by Judith Lile Reduced size, two-humps, painted eyes, flat head This reduced Bactrian camel was modeled after its regular size cousin. Its eyes were hand painted in black with a tiny white reflection on the pupils.	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Reduced size, two-humps, furry head top, decal eyes This is the high fur top version of the reduced Bactrian camel. This one has applied decal eyes. This one was probably among the last reduced size Bactrian camel produced. Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Deborah Wesler
Reduced size, two-humps, decal eyes, flat head Later, to save the hand-painting of the eyes, decals were applied to the reduced Bactrian camel. The heads were molded. Tail looks like a replacement on this one.